[Boatanchors] Stupid Stunts

[John Page]

All I can say is that soldering iron wasnt that hot when I picked up the 
wrong end, it just didnt take very long to look at it!. John



John Page K4KWM
Hollow State since 1953
(ex W8PKU,N8BLB,NA8O)





>From: "Rodger" <WQ9E at dtnspeed.net>
>To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>, "'gkb'" <gkbrown at gwi.net>
>Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] Stupid Stunts
>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 20:34:27 -0600
>
>I bet we have all had some near accidents involving common shop tools like
>drill presses and most of us have been lucky enough to have avoided serious
>permanent injuries.  Thank you Gary for posting something that will 
>probably
>make many people just a little more careful!
>
>Probably the best addition I made to my drill press is a cross slide vise
>which has spinner adjustments to move whatever is held in the jaws forward
>or backward and side to side.  I do a lot of woodworking and originally
>added it for making mortise and tenon joints but it is very handy for
>holding other parts and precisely drilling holes.  I bought one of the
>larger Harbor Freight units on sale for $39, some of their Chinese 
>offerings
>are pretty well made and this is one of them.  You simply need to relocate
>one of the two adjustment handles and it will mount to any medium to large
>size drill press table.  You can use rubber inserts in the jaws to hold odd
>shaped items securely.
>
>Out of all the woodworking tools I own my 3 hp shaper is potentially the
>most dangerous but the noise and wind movement from a 5 to 7 inch carbide
>tipped raised panel cutter spinning at high speed will cause most people to
>be very careful.  I also remember a story that in the old furniture
>factories if you wanted to locate the shaper operator you looked for the 
>man
>missing the most fingers.  The potential dangers of the drill press are
>often ignored since it doesn't appear quite so dangerous but the basic
>safety rule of not hand holding anything is a good one.  For those not
>wanting to use a vise there are many alternative fast hold downs including
>some inexpensive vise grip like instruments specifically designed for quick
>attachment through the slots in the drill press table.
>
>To end an overly long posting, most of us are very careful around
>electricity because we are well aware of the danger but many of us are not
>as careful with machine tools as someone who does use them a lot.  Safety
>glasses are a very good idea when using tools; bad things don't happen that
>often but the one time that it does it pays to be prepared.  Now off my
>soapbox and back to the soldering iron!
>
>Rodger WQ9E
>
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